| Article ID: | iaor19951559 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 453 |
| End Page Number: | 462 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1994 |
| Journal: | International Transactions in Operational Research |
| Authors: | White L.A. |
| Keywords: | community OR, practice |
This paper describes a project undertaken in Belize, Central America, to look at development options for a rural community. This paper begins by providing a background to Alternative Development, and OR’s relation to it. It outlines the methodology adopted in the project and provides a discussion on the use of this method in conjunction with problem structuring methods in the under-developed countries.